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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 755

Five: Farm Worker W. F. Larrington, Sandringham Estate, Royal Household

Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.VI.R., the suspension dated '1919-1939' (Larrington, Walter Francis.), in its Royal Mint case of issue; Jubilee 1935, in its case of issue; Sandringham Estate Silver Jubilee Celebrations 1935 Football Competition Winner's Medal, silver; Holland County Lincolnshire, School Attendance Medals for 4 & 5 Years, silver, good very fine (5)

Walter Francis Larrington was born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1899 and joined the Royal Household in December 1919, becoming a member of the farm staff at the Sandringham Estate. He remained there for at least 40 years, taking his Medal in December 1939, adding the 30 Year Service clasp in December 1949 and the 40 Year Service clasp in December 1959. During 1939 he was living at Wolferton with his wife and was listed as a lorry driver on the Estate. Larrington died in July 1968 at Kings Lynn.

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